Katie Price has been banned from driving for the seventh time after failing to respond to police letters regarding an 80mph speeding offence. The 47-year-old former glamour model was convicted last week under the Single Justice Procedure, a closed-door court process, and handed a six-month disqualification along with a £660 fine, £120 costs, and a £264 victim surcharge.
The incident occurred on October 15 last year when a Ford Capri registered in Price's name was caught speeding at 80mph on the A64 near Stutton, North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police sent letters to her West Sussex home on October 20 and November 10, but received no response. Magistrates at Harrogate Magistrates' Court found her guilty of failing to provide driver information.
Price's driving record is among the worst seen by the courts. She received her first ban in December 2010 for speeding, followed by further disqualifications in 2012, 2018, and 2019 for offences including driving while disqualified and failing to disclose a driver. In 2021, she was given a 16-week suspended prison sentence for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance, after flipping her car and admitting to taking cocaine. District Judge Amanda Kelly told her then: 'You appear to think you are above the law.'
Her most recent ban before this was a two-year disqualification imposed in 2021. She returned to the road in October 2024 but was fined £880 in 2024 for driving without a licence and insurance in Northamptonshire. A source told Metro: 'Katie won't be fussed about the latest driving ban... She knows she shouldn't be behind the wheel so being banned for ignoring speeding tickets won't have much of an impact on her.'
